The defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, today confirmed that 500 more British troops would be sent to Afghanistan. Gordon Brown pledged “in principle” last month to boost the British deployment to 9,500 soldiers subject to three conditions.

In a statement later today, setting out the next stage of his strategy for the mission, the prime minister will say all three conditions for the extra 500 troops to be sent to Afghanistan have been met.

via guardian.co.uk.